September 25 to October 4 on chess24, with World Champion Magnus Carlsen, World Cup winner Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Dutch no. 1 Anish Giri playing from a venue in Oslo. The players start with bonus points based on their performance over the $1.6 million tour so far and then play a match each day for a maximum of 3 points. The top scorer after 9 rounds wins $100,000 and is crowned the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour champion.
Each match features four rapid games with a time control of 15 minutes for all moves plus a 10-second increment added each move. The winner gets 3 points and the loser 0. If tied 2:2, then a blitz playoff is played, with two games where the players have 5 minutes and a 3-second increment. If still tied they play a single Armageddon game, where White has 5 minutes to Black’s 4, but a draw counts as a win for Black. The winner after a playoff gets 2 points, the loser 1. Official website: championschesstour.com
PGN OF THE GAME:
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 c6 13. Qf3 Be7 14. Nge2 Qb6 15. O-O-O c5 16. Bc2 O-O-O 17. Nf4 Bg4 18. Nfxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxf3 20. Nxb6+ Nxb6 21. Bxe7 Bxd1 22. Bf5+ 1-0
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